Typical water · NOAA monthly averages
Best beaches to visit in Spring
The top picks for each month of spring, where the water usually averages 70°F or warmer. For what the water is doing today, see this week’s live picks.
March
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Number 1Coquina Beach
Bradenton Beach, Florida · ★ 4.8
71°Faverage water in March
Source: NOAA, Port Manatee, FL, 15.4 mi
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April
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Number 1
Number 2Gulf Shores Public Beach
Gulf Shores, Alabama · ★ 4.8
72°Faverage water in April
Source: NOAA, Pensacola, FL, 30.6 mi
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How we pick
We start from U.S. beaches rated 4.3★ or higher across 200+ Google reviews, plus a short hand-picked list of typically calm Hawaii beaches that have no ratings in our data (280 have a NOAA station close enough to use). A beach makes a month’s list when its nearest station in the NOAA Coastal Water Temperature Guide averages 70°F or warmer that month — below that, sudden entry risks cold shock. Picks are ranked by a review-weighted rating, with at most two per state and one per station. Averages describe a typical year, not this one, and a station can sit a few miles offshore.